Ben Murray Bruce, senator
representing Bayelsa east, has challenged Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna
state, to a public debate.
The lawmaker did this in response
to the governor’s salvo.
El-Rufai had dismissed the
statement of Bruce that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan should be given credit
for the progress in the rail sector.
Buhari inaugurated new rail
vehicles for the Kaduna–Abuja train service at Rigasa train station in Kaduna
on Thursday.
He later took a train ride from
Rigasa to Kakuri on the outskirts of Kaduna to inaugurate Nigeria’s first Inland
Dry Port in Kaduna.
Reacting via Twitter, his main
medium for communication on social media, Bruce asked Buhari to thank Jonathan
for the train ride.
I hope President @MBuhari remembers to say thank you to former President @GEJonathan for the train ride he enjoyed in Kaduna. Some of us haven’t forgotten that that achievement was ENTIRELY the handiwork of the Jonathan government. Nigeria should give honour to whom honour is due— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) January 4, 2018
But el-Rufai, who sat next to
Buhari during the ride, would have none of that, so he took to Twitter to hit
back at Bruce.
Bruce would not allow el-Rufai have the last word, so he challenged him to a debate.Wrong Distinuguisnhed Senator! The Obasanjo administration which Jonathan was not part of, designed, raised the financing and started the EPC of the Lagos-Kano dual track-standard gauge rail system, and the Abuja Light Rail. Yar’Adua-Jonathan stalled both projects for two years! https://t.co/wVc45vKjyX— Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) January 5, 2018
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayYour dislike of the late Yar’adua may have clouded your judgment. I made no mention of the ‘Abuja light railway’. My tweet referred to the Abuja-Kaduna railway which IS a product of the Jonathan administration. I am happy to publicly debate this with you. https://t.co/sIl2KBNFK0— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) January 5, 2018
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